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Louisiana Purchase

Louisiana Purchase. Jefferson Political Cartoon. Napoleon: Hornet Jefferson: Prairie Dog James Monroe: Negociator Maps: Florida Message: A gull for the people. Issues with the purchase….

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Louisiana Purchase

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  1. Louisiana Purchase

  2. Jefferson Political Cartoon • Napoleon: Hornet • Jefferson: Prairie Dog • James Monroe: Negociator • Maps: Florida • Message: A gull for the people.

  3. Issues with the purchase… • Jefferson and others: Strict Interpretation of Constitution. Secretary of Treasury Albert Gallatin: Implied Powers of Constitution. • Can the government be imposed upon people of New Orleans? • Can slavery be introduced to the new region?

  4. Meriwether Lewis • Captain in the Army • Served as Jefferson’s personal Secretary before the expedition. • May 14, 1804 Expedition Begins (Lewis 29yrs.) • September 23, 1806, returning to St. Louis. • 30 enlisted men were part of the expedition. • Following year: Governor of Louisiana • Died: October 11, 1809

  5. William Clark • Born 1770 Died 1838 • From Virginia, moved to Kentucky at 14. • Joined the army at 19. Rose to rank of Captain. • Left the army in 1796 to manage family lands in Kentucky and Indiana • 1803: Lewis invites Clark to be co-captain of the Corps of Discovery • After Trip: Brig. Gen. of Louisiana Malitia. • Indian agent for the Louisiana Territory.

  6. Journey Preparation • Lewis studied astronomy, botany, navigation, medicine, biology, and other scientific fields. • Lewis purchased nearly two tons of supplies for the journey using $2500 allocated by congress. (sample supply list follows)

  7. Mathematical Instruments: surveyor’s compass hand compass quadrants telescope thermometers 2 sextants set of plotting instruments chronometer (needed to calculate longitude) Clothing: 45 flannel shirts coats frocks shoes woolen pants blankets knapsacks stockings Supplies

  8. Arms and Ammunition: 15 prototype Model 1803 muzzle-loading .54 caliber rifles knives 500 rifle flints 420 pounds of sheet lead for bullets 176 pounds of gunpowder packed in 52 lead canisters 1 long-barreled rifle that fired its bullet with compressed air, rather than by flint, spark and powder Medicine and Medical Supplies: 50 dozen Dr. Rush’s patented "Rush’s pills" lancets forceps syringes tourniquets 1,300 doses of physic 1,100 hundred doses of emetic 3,500 doses of diaphoretic (sweat inducer) other drugs for blistering, salivation and increased kidney output Supplies cont…

  9. Supplies cont… • Traveling Library: • Barton’s Elements of Botany • Antoine Simon Le Page du Pratz’s History of Louisiana • Richard Kirwan’s Elements of Mineralogy • A Practical Introduction to Spherics and Nautical Astronomy • The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris • a four-volume dictionary • a two-volume edition of Linnaeus (the founder of the Latin classification of plants) • tables for finding longitude and latitude • map of the Great Bend of the Missouri River

  10. Supplies cont… • Camp Supplies: • 150 yards of cloth to be oiled and sewn into tents and sheets • pliers • chisels • 30 steels for striking to make fire • handsaws • hatchets • whetstones • iron corn mill • two dozen tablespoons • mosquito curtains • 10 1/2 pounds of fishing hooks and fishing lines • 12 pounds of soap • 193 pounds of "portable soup" (a thick paste concocted by boiling down beef, eggs and vegetables) • three bushels of salt • writing paper, ink and crayons

  11. Supplies cont… • Presents for Indians: • 12 dozen pocket mirrors • 4,600 sewing needles • 144 small scissors • 10 pounds of sewing thread • silk ribbons • ivory combs • handkerchiefs • yards of bright-colored cloth • 130 rolls of tobacco • tomahawks that doubled as pipes • 288 knives • 8 brass kettles • vermilion face paint • 33 pounds of tiny beads of assorted colors

  12. Route of Lewis and Clark • Route from St. Louis up the Missouri River, across the Dakotas, and on to the Pacific.

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